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• site quality : how important is it to chestnut blight resistance ?
• deer browsing : what is the impact on chestnut survival ?
• prescribed fire : what is the planted chestnut ’ s response ?
• timber harvesting : does three-stage shelterwood harvesting — a more ecologically sensitive alternative to
IA clearcutting — improve chestnut
establishment ?
The goal of this collaboration between scientists and foresters is to collect enough data to develop a blueprint for the successful , largescale reintroduction of the American chestnut to the forests of the eastern U . S .
The loss of this sylvan species was , by all accounts , an ecological disaster . While not the first such tragedy caused by humans , the American chestnut blight coincided with the environmental awakening of the late 19th and early 20th centuries . Now , when concern for our warming planet is at an all-time high , perhaps the time is right for the American chestnut to make its comeback .
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The natural range of the American chestnut ( Castanea dentata ) extended from Mississippi to southern Ontario and as far northeast as Maine .
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